James 1:15
Then the lust having conceived, it gives birth to sin, and after being complete the sin brings forth death.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
14But each man is tempted by his own lust, being drawn away and enticed.
16Be not led astray, my beloved brothers.
Cross References
Genesis 2:17but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shall not eat of it. For in the day that thou eat of it thou shall surely die.
Genesis 3:17And to Adam he said, Because thou have hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shall not eat of it, cursed is the ground for thy sake. In toil thou shall eat of it all
Job 15:35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their heart prepares deceit.
Psalms 9:17Wicked men shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.
Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Matthew 26:48Now the man who betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomever I may kiss is he. Seize him.
Matthew Henry on James 1:14-19
Procedure and Results of Sin. ( a. d. 61.) 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no… Read the whole commentary →